I spent my life taking the long way Down roads I thought I knew Following signs to somewhere But never knowing where they led There were days the world came rushing More than I could take So I learned to count the seconds Till the noise would fade away And somewhere between the detours I stopped asking why I'm behind Maybe there was never one right way Maybe I just needed mine So I'll walk at my own speed Let the road unfold beneath my feet I don't need to match the footsteps Of everybody next to me Maybe there is nothing missing Maybe I was looking in the wrong place Maybe I can meet myself Without asking me to change Then suddenly the years made sense Like pages falling into place The things I never had a name for Finally had a shape, a face I thought an answer would feel like being free But it also gave my difference a name Now what do I do with it? It just proves I'm different once again Some days the world comes rushing through me Every color, every sound Things that others barely notice Can turn the volume up somehow Some days the smallest things feel heavy A passing sound, a stranger's tone Every little shift around me Finds a way beneath my bones I've spent so long wishing for a filter Something to soften what comes through But maybe feeling everything so deeply Is simply part of how I move Maybe I don't have to do a thing Maybe I can just be me Maybe I am loved just as I am Maybe that's enough for me I'll walk at my own speed Let the road unfold beneath my feet I don't need to match the footsteps Of everybody next to me Maybe I was never meant to change Maybe I was meant to finally see There was never anything missing There was only me Maybe I can just be me Maybe I can just be me
